Windows is the ultimate spyware. M$ even get people to pay them for the privilege of installing it. They work on new features to outdo the keylogger baked into windows 7 and beyond. Now they are installing a screen logger. They sell your data to whoever for money, yet people gladly use it because' they want to play a game'. I hope those folks get hacked. You cannot educate a willingly stupid person. A move to something else will involve a little sacrifice and learning. But why bother. Just carry on getting screwed by M$. This is exactly why M$ and other companies do this. People are fools and a fool and his data as soon parted.
When the same software of the same exact version behaves differently on different distros, it's either been compiled with different flags or it internally checks for existence of some other libraries or files or env variables runtime.
I really like Linux and use LMDE 6 but also use Zorin or Kubuntu. But, I like Apple the most. Linux is a convoluted mess from package management (RPM, DEP, Flatpak, Snap, Arch) to which distribution to desktop environments. Not to mention rolling release or stable. Gees. I understand all this but the average human being does not need this complexity nor want it. I don't care about Wayland or X11 or the kernel and most people don't either but if you become a fanboy suddenly that is a concern. If you want privacy in today's world, find some remote island. If you own real estate, have been to court, own a car, have a utility bill (including electrical, gas, or water), have a bank account, have a credit card, have a mortgage, car loan, student loan, have any kind of insurance from auto, mortgage, life, medical, property, or other insurance, been to college, gotten financial aid - there is no privacy. Windows is not the real problem if you are concerned about privacy. Business intelligence is in our daily life everywhere. Ranting about the OS is not the place to make change. Contact your legislatures in the USA to enact privacy laws. Back to Apple - they make things incredibly easy and smooth. My calendar, email, and notes all sync natively and effortlessly with encryption built in. Podcasts are easy to find and sync without fuss. I can find most any book to read across all my devices. Text messages and pictures show up on my MacBook, iPad, and iPhone. Also, I can choose from various sources including Google or other 3rd party providers. Sure, you might be able to some of it (not all) on Linux, but it is difficult and usually more expensive in time and/or money. If you want the hassle - use Linux. I still use LMDE but I wonder more every day what the point is? If cost is the concern which I think is the primary reason most people use it, then it is a nice way to save money on older hardware. But for those people who value time and convenience (and can afford it), Windows, Chrome OS, or Apple is a better choice. Especially if you only use a computer for writing documents, spreadsheets, internet and email. Linux is great for those that need a server but how many people really need a server? For developers it may be Linux alone or a combination. But every day I find less of a reason to use Linux on my laptop/desktop after some 6 years of using it 50/50. It is more a hobby for me now and find it be a time robber. Good video on realities of modern-day use of computers for normal people. ✌
i got into pc gaming and pcs in general with my budget friendly gaming desktop that i got in 2020 and that i still use to this very day for gaming, work, learning, even hosting servers at times, its still a crazy good machine for my needs R5 1600AF rx580 8gb 16gb of ram
I did the same in 2016 when Microsoft rolled out the Anniversary Update of Windows 10. Suffice to say, I never miss going back to Linux as my primary desktop OS. Nowadays, I only use Linux through VMware or WSL.
open-source/free software developer perspective (little history lesson, pin if you like ❤): As was explained in this video, one major issue GNU/linux always had (that applies still to this day), was that businesses wouldn't provide the necessary executables/binaries for GNU/linux, even if some users absolutely needed them. They do not want to support it because it would put them at a loss adapting their software for a platform that only makes 1-2% of the market. Some devs tried to fix this a long time ago with wine (a windows compatibility layer) but not all software will work out of the box with it. Most of the times it's missing special "windows" libraries and dlls that are supposed to be installed separately. Of course, like for the guy in this video, it doesn't come naturally to run something through the terminal when it won't launch and debug the error message. The wine devs tried to fix this again, for the people that werent that technical by making winetricks. An additional software that enabled users to make things work through a click GUI. All of this is really complicated and makes for a bad UX. Fortunatley, there is a modern way of tackling this issue of unsupported software. Nowadays we have specialized containers like flatpaks or snaps that are bound to work no matter what distro you are on. Think of it as installing a specialized mini-computer on your system that was made exactly to run said software. However this demands that someone made a container for the exact software you need and that the companies didn't take it down due to licensing and other complaints. Some companies like Spotify even provide the flatpaks themselves. ------ We do not force anyone to use our solutions, but we want to help people and as engineers it makes our day when we see people like this guy using our stuff. Videos like these are liquid gold because they show us the normal users perspective and what we need to improve on! Thanks for uploading this! ❤
I've been using linux for a couple of years now, daily driving it. I have no complains, the games I like have no problems running and for my work as a developer I have 0 problems. The things I see people complaining is software for editing videos and streaming, ones that I do not use. Linux is treating me very well
The key is having windows AND linux. I have both side by side and its jsut part of how i do things now. windows just works with apps like discord and gaming but i use linux as the daily driver with tiling window manager and its just great.
i tried linux for a few months, doing the distro hop to try finding the best fit. in the end, i did find the very best linux distro: WSL2 on windows 11. you can have the very best of linux, running on a stable desktop operating system.
Going back to Windows only serves to remind me of all the reasons why I left it behind. I got a new machine that has Windows 11 "pro" installed. It didn't take long to install Linux.
Unfortunately the "year of Linux" will never come. As long as the OS is buggy, unreliable, and slow it will never become mainstream. Why would people switch to a worse operating system that has less than half the features of windows, and most distros of which can't play most games or run most software we all use. I respect Linux developers, they're trying to provide an open source solution to privacy and security, but personally I will never sacrifice usability for privacy. I could care less what these companies know about me, and even if some new thing gets revealed that I don't like, I can just disable it. And even if they try and disable the off button, I'm more than willing to go directly into the system32 files to force disable it.
We’d use it on Linux if we had access to some of these big studios secret sauce. Aka enterprise Linux. Fix all the problems that corps will only fix internally and not contribute to the public
Given your focus on video editing and gaming on the side, makes sense. Use what suits you best. People can quibble in the comments all they want, but at the end of the day your workflow being solid is what counts. I use Arch btw.
Shocking news, Linux will never "just work", Linux will never run all Windows or MacOS software, and fundamentally Linux will never be the operating system for professionals/creatives/gamers. Hardware developers treat Linux users as second class citizens alongside software developers. This is because Windows is the default, MacOS is secondary, and Linux exists for those who manually install it. Microsoft can afford to pour billions into their OS and Apple into theirs, meanwhile the Linux desktop is funded by practically nobody. People see gatekeeping as a bad thing but personally I think there should be significantly less people recommending Linux as a "Windows replacement" and more people explaining that Linux is a unique OS that cannot do everything Windows can do (and by extension Linux software cannot do everything Windows software can).
Linux has a lot of funding by many multi million $ companies. IBM, Intel, AMD, Valve so I don't know where you got that idea from. I agree with the rest though. It is a specialist OS and I am all for gate keeping. I don't need an influx of the default super non-intelligent Windows users to ruin my favourite OS by dumbing it down. Not everyone needs to use it. Yes, that's harsh but idgaf.
@@joeschmoe3815 I said the Linux desktop, the Linux foundation is dedicated to improving Linux on servers and for enterprise users. Currently there is no major organization for the Linux desktop and it's scarcely funded.
It's the chicken and the egg problem: not enough users because of lacking support for certain software (and not wanting/able to install an OS yourself), not enough support because there are not enough users.
The Bill Gates dropping out of Harvard...developing Windows in a Albuquerque motel surviving on pizza night and day FABLE brought tears to America's eyes. Deception is the new great American past time. No Linux? No PC.
Emulation and compatability layers on Linux have always bothered me in that the technical know-how for these solutions should make _recompilation_ possible. And not only would natively-run Linux apps (and games) run better than they would under an emulator or a compatability layer, but it would ease modding, something that would be particularly appealing for Windows XP-era (or older) apps as a means of modernizing a good starting point for a tool. Heck, there are some DOS-era tools that would be incredibly useful if they were given a proper GUI under Linux and a few quality-of-life features...
Just install Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC and you'll get security updates till 2032...It just works like normal Windows 10 "consumer" edition and there's no bloat at all; with the licensing/activation part, you can figure it out on your own, just search on google ;)
When it comes to running applications, the way an application works can vary depending on the package format. For example, an appimage may perform better than an RPM file, but I don't recommend running applications from compressed files. The compressed files you download may be missing dependencies. In this case, package managers handle this very well. If you have a problem with package managers, I recommend using a community-supported distribution based on Arch Linux. The reason is that packages like RPM or DEB are slow on my computer, and I think they may be on yours as well. However, when I installed them from sources like Arch Repo or AUR, I noticed that they were fast. Not every distribution will perform the same. I hope you understand.
I second this but would recommend either arch linux or void linux specifically. the derivatives are usually just not as good. both of these distros have really fast package managers. the AUR is problematic and you are more likely to run into issues on arch compared to void in my experience. but arch definitely has the best access to software
Windows is good.. you will never be safe by tracking even if you go full Linux, With Windows you can do what you want, programming, emulating Linux, WSL, gaming, everything will work and in years i don't need to unistall or reinstall because something was break but because i want a cleaner environment. Visual Studio is great for c++ and dotnet.. so.. i also tried to be on linux front but i don't have time for fixing stuff, i don't want to be limited by my os because the corps are not supporting linux, who cares? I want something that has 95% working availability, compatible with all my components 100% with all my software now and in the future. i don't wanna mind wine or bottles.. i just want to click and boom im in the Work . All these things to say that okey windows 11 has some problems but hey.. is great because it just works with a Combination of components that is absurd. So enjoy your system☀
I like when you admitted that you don't know what all these folders are for. I've seen a lot of folks make video about switching to Linux and why we should all do it and these same folks are just referring to de desktop environment. They literally have no clue what all these folders are for. Yet they pretend to be Linux experts. I've been using Linux since 1997. Mostly as a server OS over time and I've been an ISP admin running FreeBSD only. Yet I've still used windows as my desktop environment all these years. I've played around with all the Linux DEs over the years and none, i mean none, comes close to windows. People who switches to Linux because of yadadi yaradi Windows security are stpid. Linux is more than just the DE. If you don't understand Linux at core you're just kidding yourself if you believe you're an expert just because you understand how to use the DEs and install apps from different branches. Anyone who's used Linux to customize the kernel to suit your needs and tailor it to your hadware, truly understand Linux. Linux can be a great windows replacement, once it reaches the support level windows has. Not what the fanboys believe, but what real OS engineers can do for it. Specifically DE development and a single DE that enjoys the support level that Windows has.
Because it simply doesn't matter. Most Windows users arent even familiar with the Windows Filesystem. They don't know anything about Folder Structure - because they don't need to. They just install a .exe or visit the MS Store and click install. They can also remove Programms with a GUI. That also works on Windows with KDE or GNOME, just search for your App and click install. For example, my Mom never has to go into the / (root). Because everything she needs is in userspace /Home. Windows also has the userspace. But I agree, ppl who Claim to be "Linux pros" and don't even know the FHS are frauds. But 90% of the users don't need this.
The spionage and bloatware on Windows sucks as much as anyone can describe, but the OS in itself for the end user is just better and it always has been.
Funny, I just recently decided to daily drive Linux full-time instead of just using a dedicated Windows and Linux machine and you're absolutely right. The reason I went on Linux hiatus from 2019 to 2023 and just stuck with Windows is because it just worked for me. Ironically Windows 10 worked the best on a machine designed for 7 but that installation did indeed get bloated and slow. Being on an HDD only makes that worse. For some reason it had forced me to put the bootloader on the small SSD and made the 2 TB HDD the C drive the last time I installed it. My laptop has had Windows 11 for the past 2 years but when I get my build, I will probably also eek out the final year of Windows 10 on a dedicated drive. My understanding is that they'll charge annual support after expiration which may or may not be worth it to you.
I’m with u. I love Linux and hate Microsoft but Linux just isn’t there completely yet. It’s so close. Another few years and I think Linux is some real competition
And that's exactly why Linux has been the operating system of the future for the desktop for over 30 years. And that's not going to change. You don't need "knowledge" to use Windows, MacOS, Android or iOS. You just use them.
